30 THE TROLLER'S GUIDE. 



If you Live-Bait fish for Jack or Pike with a floated line 

 without traces, a dip lead is better than shot to sink the 

 float, because the float is first put on the trolling line, then 

 the shot below it on the said line, and when so done you 

 cannot get the float oflf again without the trouble of re- 

 moving the shot, for they will not pass through either the 

 ring or cap of the float ; but if you use a dip lead it is 

 put on the line and removed in an instant. Dip leads are 

 made of a long barrel shape with a hole through them and 

 are kept ready for sale, of various sizes, by most of the 

 fishing tackle makers and shops in London : but if those 

 dip leads are not easily to be met with, one or two small 

 pistol bullets, cast with a hole through them, will be found 

 a good substitute, although they do not look quite so neat 

 on the line as either split shot or dip leads. 



